The <span>American Revolution was a radical break with the past </span>in the sense that no colony had ever overthrown its colonizing power before, and independence was considered almost impossible. It preserved the status quo in that the Americans actually adopted a form of government that was very similar to the British.
<span>The South Atlantic System helped to create an interconnected Atlantic World because goods, ideas, and people were transferred between the continents. This system impacted development in the British colonies because it connected America better to other countries and it increased their economies.</span>
